Lolium multiflorum Lam.
(Italian Rye-grass)

Interactions where Lolium multiflorum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
may be infected and damaged by Oculimacula acuformis an anamorphic ascomycete Helotiales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Oculimacula acuformis/Oculimacula acuformisan anamorphic ascomycete Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grass infects and damages
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Blumeria graminis Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/Blumeria graminisgrass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grasslive parasitises live
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform but inconspicuous caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foreign Ramularia pusilla an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia pusilla/Ramularia pusillaan anamorphic fungusmainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform but inconspicuouscaespituliRamularia hyphomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassliveleaf mainly hypophyllous, greyish-white, punctiform but inconspicuous caespituli of Ramularia hyphomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta desmazieri a coelomycete Pleosporales: Didymellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Didymellaceae/Ascochyta desmazieri/Ascochyta desmazieria coelomycetepycnidiumAscochyta coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassliveleaf pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Drechslera nobleae a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Drechslera nobleae on Ryegrass in England, Lam, A., 1984
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Drechslera nobleae/Drechslera nobleaea dematiaceous anamorphic funguscolonyDrechslera dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassliveleafMajor colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Pyrenophora lolii an ascomycete Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Drechslera siccans from ryegrass fields in England and Wales, Lam, A., 1984
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Pyrenophora lolii/Pyrenophora loliian ascomycetecolonyDrechslera dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassliveleafMajor colony of Drechslera dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Spermospora anamorph UK/Ireland Spermospora lolii an anamorphic fungus Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Spermospora lolii/Spermospora loliian anamorphic fungusSpermospora anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassliveleaf Spermospora anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium Puccinia coronata Crown Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/Puccinia coronatacrown rustamphigenous, scattered or in patchesuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassliveleaf (summer)amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia coronata Crown Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/Puccinia coronatacrown rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassliveleaf (mid 8-)hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous telium Puccinia hordei Barley Leaf Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia hordei/Puccinia hordeibarley leaf rustamphigenoustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassliveleaf amphigenous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Puccinia hordei Barley Leaf Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia hordei/Puccinia hordeibarley leaf rustamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
seed (fallen, over-wintered, mummified) fallen, over-wintered, mummified seed may be infected and damaged by long stalked apothecium Minor Gloeotinia granigena Blind Seed Of Rye Grass - causative organism Helotiales Gloeotinia granigena, Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Gloeotinia granigena/Gloeotinia granigenablind seed of rye grass - causative organismlong stalkedapothecium Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grassfallen, over-wintered, mummifiedseedMinor (5-7)long stalked apothecium infects and damages fallen, over-wintered, mummified seed
spikelet (live) live spikelet may be infected and damaged by partly hidden sorus Tilletia lolii a smut fungus Tilletiales: Tilletiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Tilletiales/Tilletiaceae/Tilletia lolii/Tilletia loliia smut funguspartly hiddensorus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grasslivespikelet partly hidden sorus infects and damages live spikelet
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by telium Puccinia hordei Barley Leaf Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia hordei/Puccinia hordeibarley leaf rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium multiflorum/Lolium multiflorumItalian rye-grasslivestem telium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Lam, A., 1984Drechslera siccans from ryegrass fields in England and WalesTBMS Vol 83 (2): 305-311.
Lam, A., 1984Drechslera nobleae on Ryegrass in EnglandTBMS Vol 83 (2): 339-341.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Williams, M.A.J. & Spooner, B.M., 1991Gloeotinia granigenaI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1081.

Lolium multiflorum (Italian Rye-grass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLolium multiflorum (Italian Rye-grass)
GenusLolium (rye-grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lolium multiflorum (Italian Rye-grass)

Lolium multiflorum (Italian Rye-grass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lolium multiflorum (Italian Rye-grass):

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